so much to organize, damn you humble bundle

  • arglebargle@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    6 days ago

    Steam user since the early days, and no categories here. Why bother. Thousands of games, too much work.

    Same thing with profiles, like what do I need that shit for?

    Edit: I do want to say, I admire your organization.

    … New Years resolution to say something nice a lot more often, we call could use it …

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
      1·
      5 days ago

      Same here. I do use 2 dynamic collections: Installed Locally and Full Controller Support. That’s basically just to make it easier to pick stuff to play from the couch.

      Otherwise it’s all in one big bucket, but it’s a searchable bucket, so that’s fine.

  • PieMePlenty@lemmy.world
    5·
    6 days ago

    Only one custom category for the best indie games.

    But I dont really need it since I uninstall games I dont play and my library view is filtered to installed only:

  • Oikio@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    I was playing this game too much, with complex system which never actually encouraged me to play any of the games I have categorized (and I had similar system as OP). Please dear fellow gamers - don’t fall into same trap =)

    Now I have only 4:

    • WTP - want to play games, be them new or on repeat.
    • VR - same as WTP, but for VR.
    • Done - for games which are finished, but I have a feeling that I would like to recall them several years later.
    • Done-done - for games which I’m not going to ever play again. Either bad games, or which have fully fulfilled their purpose and there is nothing to do anymore.

    I use recent sorting, which help a lot to mitigate any kind of lock on what to play today. It’s more like recommendation

    I am trying to free myself from finishing games 100% and avoid all side/boring activities, also now I’m free to pick whichever game I want, instead of planned (like work) consumption with previous system.

    It has really brighten my playtime, now it feels more like joy than before.

  • siv9939@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    7 days ago

    I don’t use categories, but I do keep a tab open with this loaded with my Steam ID. It uses all the tags games have on Steam so you can see if you have a 2D Sci-Fi Souls-like if you want.

  • vger@lemmy.mlEnglish
    55·
    7 days ago

    Smart move, you’re playing Game Categorization, the Game for free on Steam’s dime.

      • vger@lemmy.mlEnglish
        21·
        6 days ago

        We’re not buying games, we’re categorizing games. Again, the game we’re playing is called “Game Categorization, the Game,” and it costs nothing to play it.

  • ToastyMcButterscotch@lemmy.world
    141·
    6 days ago

    Man, calling them “backlogs” seems like a very unhealthy way of thinking about it. They’re games you play for fun and enjoyment, not work you’re behind on.

    My categories are: Games I shall play one day: just all the games I haven’t given a fair shake yet and would like to get around to at some point.

    Games I am playing: games that I am actively playing, usually with some activity within the last month

    Games I am done with: games I no longer want to play for whatever reason. Used to be “Games I have completed” but that didn’t make much sense with multiplayer games or roguelikes, and it worked better for games I hadn’t completed and just could not be arsed to complete.

    Free games: games I have gotten for free and so have no plans to play.

    Also have one for online multiplayer games and one for local multiplayer for when friends want to play something

    Most of the time tho I just use the sort by recent and only installed bittons since those are the games I want to see anyway